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jupyterhubvsMastodon

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

jupyterhubMastodon
Score69/10082/100
Rank in category#3 of 30 in Collaboration#2 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums
GitHub stars8 35950 457
Stars, last 30 days+21+138
Stable releases, 12 months038
Latest release—v4.4.26 · 1 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseBSD-3-ClauseAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonRuby

Which one should you pick?

Mastodon scores 82/100 against 69/100 for jupyterhub, so it is the safer default.

Mastodon ships more often: 38 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for jupyterhub.

Mastodon is growing faster right now (+138 stars in 30 days).

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